McCrowell v. City of Bristol
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from decree of corporation court of city of Bristol, rendered at April term, 1892, in a cause wherein John McCrowell was complainant and the City of Bristol and J. L. C. Smith, treasurer, were defendants. The decree being-adverse to plaintiff, he appealed.
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Appeal from decree of corporation court of city of Bristol, rendered at April term, 1892, in a cause wherein John McCrowell was complainant and the City of Bristol and J. L. C. Smith, treasurer, were defendants. The decree being-adverse to plaintiff, he appealed. The object of the suit was to perpetually enjoin and restrain said city and its said treasurer from collecting the amount of a certain local assessment levied by said city as and for the cost of a granolithic sidewalk pavement constructed and laid along the front of said McCrowell’s property, on Main street, in said city of Bristol.…
1Opinion of the Court
Richardson, J.,
(after stating the case,) delivered the opinion of the court.
Disregarding the appellant’s specific assignments of error, the case may be considered and disposed of under the one general head: Was the alleged local assessment, for the cost of the granolithic pavement in front of appellant’s property, made in pursuance of authority conferred by the charter of said city, and valid ordinances passed in pursuance thereof?
The plaintiff (appellant here) charges in his bill that whilst, under the 24th section of the charter of said city, the council thereof was authorized “ to have the…
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